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Palm Springs

American  

noun

  1. a city in southern California: desert resort city and retirement location.


Palm Springs British  

noun

  1. a city in the US, in California: a popular tourist resort. Pop: 45 228 (2003 est)

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Wesley Eure, an actor and writer from Palm Springs who played Michael Horton on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives, spent Sunday hunkering inside his apartment after he spotted a faint billow of smoke outside his window.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, at age 46, Byrne has received the most accolades of her career for “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” including L.A. and New York critics’ prizes and, perhaps a little belatedly, the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s “Breakthrough Performance Award.”

From Los Angeles Times

It is the peak of the so-called high season in Palm Springs, that busy time of year when the glorious winter sunshine beckons Canadian snowbirds who flock to enjoy desert condos, golf courses and poolside martinis.

From Los Angeles Times

“Our friends at home said, ‘No, don’t go!’ ” said Lois Chapman, a longtime annual visitor from Ontario who came to Palm Springs this month for a shortened stay with her husband after initially planning to cancel their trip altogether.

From Los Angeles Times

“Canada, I think, is just feeling hurt. It’s the climate these days,” said Chapman, a septuagenarian who was volunteering for Modernism Week, a Palm Springs festival celebrating midcentury architecture and interior design.

From Los Angeles Times